What are some major events that occurred in Theodore Roosevelt's presidency?
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Development of national parks and national monuments. A national park was named after him in North Dakota where he had a ranch. Muir woods, the Grand Canyon and Devil's towers were among these new creations.
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Russian Japanese War in 1905, TR was awarded the Peace Nobel Prize for his role
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Publication of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair in 1905, it led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration after the enacting of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act.
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The breaking up of monopolies and cartels, it is a major rupture with the Gilded Age characterized by the control of sectors of the economy by what is remembered as the Robber Barons. The Progressive Era started by TR introduced changes.
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The building of the Panama canal and the corrolary on the 1823 Monroe doctrine in 1904, he asserts his will to give up Isolationism.
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The 1907 financial crisis, Roosevelt nominated Nelson Aldrich head of the commission aimed at regulating the financial system, it led to the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913.
